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Pronunciation

welsh

Main definitions of welsh in English

Welsh2

adjective

‘West Wales is leading the renaissance in Welsh farmhouse cheesemaking according to an influential cookery writer.’

‘A group of Welsh language enthusiasts has joined forces to do the bulk of the translation in their spare time.’

‘No one begs in Wales… for the Welsh generosity and hospitality are the greatest of all virtues.’

‘I have Welsh parentage, Welsh ancestry, was taught the Welsh language at school, and indeed I have lived in Wales.’

‘The Welsh club are still expected to send a representative to the Minstermen's game but an immediate transfer now seems less likely.’

‘Choral singing provides a consistent public venue for using the Welsh language.’

‘The Welsh actor is thrilled his latest movie character has been turned into an action figure - because he collected them as a child.’

‘The Welsh language, as with others, has regional variations, within five miles you can have a different lilt altogether.’

‘In Wales there are 28 local authorities working with the Welsh assembly.’

‘I wish my Welsh language skills were up to the job of reading the poems in the original.’

‘In the grounds stood The Little House, a gift from the people of Wales built of Welsh materials to perfect two-thirds scale.’

‘In Wales, the survival of the Welsh language gave a cultural focus to nationalism.’

‘The Welsh international cleverly chested it down into the path of Earnshaw who gleefully smashed the ball home with a flashing volley.’

‘But it has managed to remain Welsh-managed with a clear Welsh identity in Wales.’

noun

1mass nounThe Celtic language of Wales, spoken by about 500,000 people (mainly bilingual in English). Descended from the Brythonic language spoken in most of Roman Britain, it has been strongly revived after a long decline.

‘Clever collies Bethan and Pip are man's best friend in two different languages after the pets learned to understand Welsh.’